The Crypto Conversation

James Bayly is COO and a cofounder at SubQuery, building fast, flexible, and scalable web3 infrastructure. Subquery is an infrastructure company that started as a data index and has now expanded to include RPCs and AI inference hosting. Why you should listen Subquery is expanding its infrastructure services to include AI inference hosting, aiming to bring decentralization to the AI space. The Subquery network incentivizes node operators and delegators to participate in hosting AI models. In 10 years, blockchain technology will be seamlessly integrated into applications, providing censorship resistance and privacy protection. SubQuery is developing the next generation of Web3 applications for a global user base, with decentralization at its heart. At the core of this initiative is the SubQuery Network, an advanced infrastructure layer that supports decentralized data indexers and RPCs—essential tools for anyone developing decentralized applications (dApps). This network marks SubQuery as a contender against traditional centralized services by providing an open platform for node operators and delegators to contribute. The potential for AI to reshape industries, including Web3, has caught SubQuery's attention. The company is actively integrating AI functionalities into its decentralized framework. SubQuery's focus lies primarily on AI inference—utilizing pre-trained models to analyze new data, rather than training new models. "While there are commercial platforms that host inference for custom models, similar offerings are sparse in the Web3 realm," James explained. "Our decentralized network is for trustworthy, enduring AI model hosting." Currently, the AI inference market is controlled by centralized cloud services, which charge steep fees and utilize customer data to refine their proprietary models. "Big players like OpenAI and Google Cloud AI are not just costly; they also use your data to bolster their private solutions," James pointed out. In contrast, SubQuery is dedicated to offering an affordable, open-source option for hosting production AI models. "Our aim is to enable users to deploy a production-ready LLM model on our network within just 10 minutes," he added. Through the SubQuery Network, cutting-edge hosting for the latest open-source AI models will be available, providing scalable and accessible AI services for Web3. By adopting a community-based strategy, SubQuery aims to facilitate decentralized AI inference on a large scale, empowering a global community of independent Node Operators. Supporting links Stabull Finance SubQuery Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Carrie Kellar is the co-founder and CTO of BAXUS, a global marketplace for the world's most collectible spirits. Why you should listen Collectible wines and spirits are one of the most rapidly expanding and lucrative asset classes with the global luxury wines and spirits market forecasted to surge from $250 billion to $470 billion by 2032. However, being predominantly localized, disconnected, and auction-based, the collectible spirits market is illiquid, inefficient, and opaque creating countless challenges for collectors in pricing and sourcing specific, coveted bottles. BAXUS modernizes the collectible spirits market by bringing it online and constructing a liquid marketplace that seamlessly connects buyers and sellers. Built on Solana, the BAXUS Marketplace harnesses open Web3 payment infrastructure to reduce costs, increase transparency, and infuse liquidity into what has historically been a fragmented, offline market. Leveraging blockchain technology, BAXUS ensures unparalleled transparency and access, enabling real-time authentication, storage, and trading. Supporting links Stabull Finance BAXUS Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Daren Hebold (Founder, CEO) and Michael Seymour (Director of Sales) run Luxolo Financial, a Portland-based service company that ensures clients have access to warm, professional, and timely service and support as they enter the digital assets space. Why you should listen Luxolo is dedicated to making digital assets more accessible to everyone. As the world rapidly adopts digital assets and explores new economic models, Luxolo remains steadfast in its commitment towards a brighter, more inclusive landscape. One of the key ways that Luxolo is working to achieve this goal is through education. The company believes in the power of education to transform lives and empower individuals to take control of their financial futures in a fast-changing world. Supporting links Stabull Finance Luxolo Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Labhesh Patel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Autonomys. Formerly known as Subspace, Autonomys (pronounced as "autonomous") has created a decentralized identity protocol named Autonomys ID (Auto ID). Why you should listen The convergence of human and artificial intelligence is redefining every aspect of our lives. As we navigate this transformative era, Autonomys is pioneering a path that champions individual autonomy, meaningful contribution, and self-driven prosperity in the age of AI. Autonomys is building the decentralized infrastructure for secure, sovereign collaboration between humans and AI. Our mission is to empower you to thrive in this new era, not as a passive recipient of handouts, but as an active architect of your own future. Central to this mission is the Autonomys Network, powered by the innovative Subspace protocol. This decentralized network, underpinned by a Proof-of-Archival-Storage (PoAS) consensus, enables individuals to farm the network by contributing storage, thereby earning rewards through active participation and skill. This model champions the dignity of meaningful work over passive dependence. Autonomys Identity (Auto ID) is the key to self-sovereign identity in the age of AI. Auto ID empowers you to prove your humanity without subjecting yourself to invasive biometric scans. It allows you to control your AI's permissions and authenticate AI-generated content, ensuring that you maintain authority over your digital footprint. In contrast to projects like Worldcoin that promote a future of Universal Basic Income (UBI) and relinquished agency, Autonomys empowers users to benefit from their effort and capability. It's platform enables you to learn cutting-edge AI technology, develop your own AI agents, and collaborate with AI to amplify your potential. Supporting links Stabull Finance Autonomys Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Mark Smargon is co-founder and CEO at Fuse a leading web3 platform for business and finance, powered by a performant zkEVM tailor-made to get millions of consumers on-chain. Why you should listen Fuse Network is a blockchain platform focused on simplifying Web3 payments and making blockchain technology more accessible to businesses and developers. It combines features like Account Abstraction, interoperability, and community engagement to create a user-friendly environment for decentralized applications and financial transactions. Fuse is designed to empower anyone with the ambition to build on a decentralized blockchain infrastructure. Whether you're an existing crypto project, a startup, or a blue-chip company, Fuse welcomes you with open arms. This versatility enables the development of a wide range of products, from gaming and social applications to Web3 payment-focused solutions. Fuse delivers a fast, cheap and borderless payment experience with their stablecoin-first payment stack. Supporting links Stabull Finance Fuse Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Jeroen Develter is the Chief Operating Officer at Persistence Labs. Persistence One aims to become the gateway for Bitcoin Interoperability, powered by Intents, secured by Bitcoin. The solution ensures seamless movement of BTC with fast, zero slippage, cross-chain swaps. Why you should listen Persistence One is developing a Bitcoin interoperability solution for Bitcoin Layer 2 and related assets, powered by Intents and secured by the Bitcoin network. The rapid rollout of Bitcoin Layer 2s and sidechains has led to a significant increase in BTC variants. These tokens are neither fungible nor easily swapped, creating a fragmented and complex ecosystem that could hinder the immense potential growth of BTCfi. Leveraging years of experience in the DeFi and interoperability space, Persistence One is addressing this issue head-on by offering fast, zero-slippage, cross-chain swaps, enabling BTC to move seamlessly between different versions. Our solution will leverage scalable liquidity without limitations, driven by cross-chain intents. For the widespread adoption of BTCfi, Bitcoin must be able to move seamlessly. With this vision, Persistence One aims to become the gateway for Bitcoin ecosystem swaps and a cornerstone hub for all BTC variants. Supporting links Stabull Finance Persistence Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Alon Muroch is the Founder of SSV Labs, a globally distributed team of developers, researchers, and ETH enthusiasts working to ensure Ethereum becomes fail-proof for many years to come. SSV.network is a decentralized, open-source ETH staking network, based on Secret Shared Validator (SSV) technology. Why you should listen SSV is also known as DVT, or Distributed Validator Technology, as it provides an open and simple infrastructure for splitting and distributing a validator key into multiple KeyShares, for the purpose of running an Ethereum validator across multiple non-trusting nodes. Running an Ethereum validator on ssv.network achieves active-active redundancy, introduces new levels of validator key security, and benefits the Ethereum network, staking pools, staking services and solo stakers. Independent operators, located all over the world, provide the infrastructure for ssv.network and are responsible for maintaining its overall health. Each operator is free to choose the validator client(s) software they will run and their hardware infrastructure, while stakers are free to choose the independent operators that will run their validator(s). This increases the overall health of the Ethereum blockchain and further eliminates single points of failure and risk for stakers by allowing validators to run on multiple clients. Supporting links Stabull Finance SSV Labs SSV Network Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Stardust is a $35M funded web3 gaming infrastructure and user acquisition service provider's Wallets-as-a-Service (WaaS) product and provides game development tools to build and scale blockchain games. Stardust's Wallets-as-a-service (WaaS) is used by more than 90 active game studios. Why you should listen Stardust's platform offers game developers easy access to the most scalable, secure, and compliant infrastructure for invisible player wallets while empowering them with user acquisition and attribution resources necessary to accomplish their revenue and player retention goals. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Stardust supports major gaming studios like Midnight Society, Shrapnel, Habbo, Tilting Point, Stillfront, and more. Stardust recently announced the Starbase, a consumer-facing unified rewards and social gaming platform. Partnering with game titles like Nifty Island, Shrapnel, BloodLoop, Habbo Hotel, Cap'n'Company, and more, Starbase features missions and challenges that allow players to earn Gems while they play their favourite games. Gems are a part of a larger rewards system that aligns incentives between players, games, and advertisers through a broader network called Starnet. The company will be unveiling partners on a weekly basis and has already onboarded over 20 of the top web3 games to the Starbase missions platform. Stardust recently announced a strategic partnership with Shrapnel, a highly-anticipated AAA first-person extraction shooter. The partnership plans to provide scalability to take the first-person shooter to the next level - with the potential to bring tens of millions of players into the blockchain gaming space. WaaS product enabled Shrapnel to offer invisible, custodial wallets to players, providing a seamless game experience while leveraging the underlying Shrapnel subnet. Supporting links Stabull Finance Stardust Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Brian Fanzo is a digital futuirst who is helping out the dev team from PepeCoin, the OG meme coin community working to unlock utility and innovation to grow Web3 adoption. There is much, much more to Pepecoin than a fun meme, listen and learn. Why you should listen Pepecoin was originally launched in 2016 by a group of crypto OGs. Originally it was launched using its own proof-of-work blockchain network. Due to controversy surrounding the Pepe the Frog meme after the 2016 presidential election, a handful of exchanges forcefully renamed the Pepecoin project with the ticker "MEMETIC" on their platforms to be politically correct. At the time, the project was the only other memecoin except for Dogecoin and it quickly grew in popularity. In 2017, it even attracted the attention of Vitalik Buterin himself. After several years of operating its own blockchain network, the Pepecoin project decided to migrate to the Ethereum blockchain to take advantage of EVM smart contracts and DEX platforms where their ticker could not be arbitrarily changed. A group of opportunistic individuals saw the Pepecoin migration announcements and frontran it by deploying the $PEPE token that many of you know today - even going as far as to steal the original Pepecoin logo, until they were forced to remove it due to copyright. The OG $PEPECOIN contributors were fortunately no strangers to injustice. After all, they are battle-hardened crypto OGs who survived the great meme war of 2016. So rather than wallowing in their sorrows, they embarked on a journey to reclaim what is rightfully theirs by devving their way to the top. Since then, they have released: PepeOS: A web application inspired by vintage operating systems Pepe Paint: A unique draw-to-NFT platform and marketplace that empowers artists to create & monetize their talent Kek Bot: An advanced AI trading engine that converts natural language into automated trades & rewards users for training it BasedAI: A custom layer 1 blockchain network for ZK-LLMs and smart contracts Pepe Messenger: A vintage MSN Messenger themed chat application for decentralized, E2E encrypted, wallet-to-wallet instant messaging with much more on the way! Pepecoin is throwing a wrench in the well-oiled influencer shitcoin factory that churns out copypasta tokens to dump on unsuspecting average Joes. Instead, they are demonstrating that meme coins can and should be coupled with innovation and meaningful utility. You can either support the status quo by keeping the influencer assembly line running, or you can be part of history by joining the journey to becoming the first meme coin to be simultaneously considered a top-5 network. The #Pepening is inevitable Supporting links Stabull Finance Pepecoin Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Ben Rose is the General Manager of Binance Australia and New Zealand. Binance is the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange platform by volume and has been instrumental in shaping the global crypto landscape since its inception in 2017. Ben joined Binance in 2022. Why you should listen Binance has close to 200 million users globally and trades around $138 billion USD each day. The mega exchange is continuing to expand around the world, so Ben joins Andy to discuss Binance down under, New Zealand and Australia's role in the global crypto space, and what crypto adoption looks like down under. Supporting links Stabull Finance Binance Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.